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Q Laboratories Receives ELAP Certification

What is the ELAP Certification and why is it important? We are happy to announce that Q Laboratories is now approved by the New York State Department of Health’s Environmental Laboratory Approval Program (ELAP). New York ELAP approval is required in New York as part of the Protection Against Legionella regulation which was passed in July, 2016. This

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Bactericidal Considerations to the FDA Briefing Document

Bactericidal Considerations to the FDA Briefing Document As you may or may not have heard, the FDA has released a Briefing Document in March of 2020 that proposes an alternative organism panel from the Tentative Final Monograph (TFM) for consumer and healthcare antiseptics. Amongst growing interest from our clients on this topic, we have authored

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Raw Materials Testing In The Lab

Raw Material Testing for Material Identity, Purity and Quality

Raw Material Testing for Material Identity, Purity and Quality Are you in need of a raw materials testing partner? Are you in the process of qualifying new material suppliers for your supply chain, and need raw materials testing? Raw Material Testing & Analysis Registered with the FDA for pharmaceutical testing (Reg. #1527260), cGMP/GLP Compliant and

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compounding pharmacy

Compounding Pharma Guidance

     In January, the FDA released the second revision of the Draft Guidance, “Current Good Manufacturing Practice—Guidance for Human Drug Compounding Outsourcing Facilities Under Section 503B of the FD&C Act.”      The Agency initially submitted the Draft Guidance in 2014 and followed up with Revision One in December 2018.      Currently, GMPs for drug

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hemp, cannabidiol and CBD

U.S. Congress Introduces CBD Bill

       After a series of negative reports regarding the cannabidiol (CBD) industry, recent developments have given stakeholders a ray of hope.         A December 2019 article on this BLOG discussed the recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) activities intended to reiterate that CBD is not an approved ingredient for use in foods and dietary supplements,

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FSMA Laboratory Accreditation

FDA Proposes FSMA Lab Accreditation Program

Title II, Section 202 of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law in January 2011, instructed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a program for the testing of food by accredited laboratories. FSMA stipulated that accredited labs must possess “a demonstrated capability to conduct one or more sampling and analytical testing

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Cannabidiol CBD

FDA Maintains Caution on CBD Products

Recent activity by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken some wind out of the sails of the burgeoning cannabidiol (CBD) industry. In a Consumer Update released in late November, the FDA reminded constituents that CBD is not approved for use in food or dietary supplements for humans or animals. Citing a paucity of

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Q Laboratories Sales Director to Speak at IFT Florida Event

Q Laboratories Director of Sales for the Food Industry, Will Melnyczenko is the Special Guest and Featured Speaker at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Florida Section Holiday Dinner on December 3rd in Orlando. The topic of the presentation will be, “Challenge Testing vs Shelf Life Testing – Navigating the Differences.” Will has nearly 20

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New Era of Smarter Food Safety

FDA Extends Smarter Food Safety Comment Period

The Food and Drug Administration has extended the comment period regarding the New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative. Originally targeted for November 20th, the new “comment by” date is now December 20th. Smarter Food Safety Intended to build upon the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Smarter Food Safety initiative emphasizes utilizing modern technology

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